Undergrowth 2

Undergrowth 1

A busy day in the field

We took a wander around the paddock today and found lots of interesting things including this huge fungus. 

And dozens of shed cicada skins which resulted in a bug hunt - more on that later.   

We picked a few dozen blackberries for a crumble. 

And then mowed the paddock - good bye gorse and brambles and reeds. 

Firewood

Feast

Whilst we've been feasting on frittata, it seems that some of our neighbours prefer a raw food diet. 

I picked about two dozen caterpillars off our red cabbage and curly kale last night, including a chrysalis or two. I knocked off as many eggs as possible too. Hopefully that will give the plants a head start for a week or so.   

Nursery spider on manuka

Dragonfly

This beast took a break on our downpipe recently - it was easily as big as a sparrow - gigantic!